March Wins ASA National Qualifier In Alsip

ALSIP: Seventeen teams gathered to play at the ASA Men's Sixteen Inch National Qualifier played at the Alsip Park District's Softball Complex in Alsip on May 14th with March Manufacturing (4-0) wining the coveted national berth from this tournament. Steel Gold (3-1) took home second place with Jynx (3-1) and the Outsiders (2-1) finishing in a tie for third place.
March Manufacturing opened play with a 6-2 win over Unknown Players in the first round of tournament play. March won their second round game when the defeated the Rebels 4-0. The Rebels made it to the second round by posting a 6-4 win over the Newcomers in the first round of tournament play.
March won their semi-final game over Out There 4-3 to move into the tournament's championship game. Out There made it to the semi-finals by stopping Ten Deep 8-6 in the first round of play and than defeating the Fighting 5th 6-2 in the second round of tournament action.
The championship game was another one run win by March as they slipped past Steel Gold 9-8 to win the title and the berth to play at the 2005 ASA Sixteen Inch National Tournament.
March Manufacturing did not provide Illinois Softball Report with any team information, stats, highlights or quotes on how they where able to win this qualifying tournament.
Steel Gold made it to the championship game by opening play with a first round 7-0 win over the Dogg Pound. In their second contest of this tournament Steel Gold met and defeated Pure Smack 11-1. Pure Smack had advanced to the second round by posting a 6-3 win over Hype in the first round of play.
In their semifinal game of the tournament Steel Gold took on Jynx and defeated them 80-5 to move into the championship game. Jynx made it to the semi-finals of this tournament by opening play with a first round win over the Outlaws 6-4. In their second game the Jynx met and defeated the Young Guns by a single run 9-8 to move into the semifinal of this tournament.
The championship game went to March over Steel Gold as the Steel Gold ball club was forced to settle for second place from this national qualifying tournament.
Steel Gold did not supply Illinois Softball Report with any information, team stats, highlights or quotes on how they were able to achieve their second place finish from this tournament.